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Politics & elections, 1929

2,723 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 137

Cup Candidates Caulfield Outing Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 2

SEVERAL leading Cup candidates will ten in the ca[?]fied Malakoff stakes on Saturday. Jack Holt is expected to produce the West is handicapped at…

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Women's League. Election of Office Bearers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 4

Office-bearers and committee of the Women's League were elected at a meeting held at headquarters, 2 Hunter-street, yesterday morning…

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Queen Candidate

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 1 August 1929 · page 4

For the Queen Candidate, Miss Nina Jacobs, Miss Billie Whiteman, of Double Bay, is organising a card evening for August 3rd, to be held…

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Les élections anglaises

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

Le scrutin du 30 mai a été une victoire électorale pour le Labour party, une grande victoire, puisque les travaillistes ont gagnes environ 125 sieges,…

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Les élections belges

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

Deux faits dominent les élections belges qui ont eu lieu le 26 mai dernier: le succès éclatent des libéraux et l'échec des socialistes. Pour…

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Queensland Election Campaign Fund

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 5

The Queensland State Party Committee OF the Communist Party acknowledges THE following further contributions to the Election Campaign Fund:…

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Early Election? or Broken Pledges Buttenshaw's Warning Young

The Sun · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 16

Is a State election in the near future a a possibility, or will the Government be forced to depart from its pledges to…

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Labor Policy Endorsed Jowitt Wins By-election Overwhelms Conservative London

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1

THE British Labor Government received a strong endorsement to-day from the selectors of Preston…

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Enginemen in Conference Election of Officers Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 6

The annual Federal Conference of the Australian Union of Locomotive Engineman. which has been sitting during this week concluded to-day…

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Sir William Jowitt Wins By-election Liberal Who Turned Labor LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 4

The Attorney-General, Sir William Jowitt, who left the Liberal Party to join Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's Cabinet, and subsequently resigned to…

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Labor Forecasts on Early Election Strike Machinery to be Used for Campaign

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 2

Labor is preparing for a State election, which officials expect between December and March. Selection ballots are to be held as soon as the…

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Queensland. Bills for New Parliament. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 16

At the presessional meeting of the Government party to-day the Premier (Mr. Moore), in welcoming the new members, said that it was a unique meeting as for the first time…

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New Zealand Parliament. Hours of Sitting. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 20

The House of Representatives has agreed to abandon late sittings, and has adopted the following set of hours:—Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, from 2.30 to 10.30;…

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Canada. a Dull Parliament. the Butter Question. (From a Correspondent.) Ottawa, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 14

The third session of the present Federal Parliament of Canada came to an end on June 15, and it was generally voted one of the dullest of recent years. The truth is that…

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King's Cup Candidates. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 20

The King's Cup candidates, Valparaiso, Oratrix, and Spearman, arrived at Brisbane to-day by train from Sydney. They looked in great condition after their journey…

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Early Election? or Broken Pledges Buttenshaw's Warning. Young

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 5

Is a State election in the near future a possibility, or will the Government be forced to depart from its pledges to the…

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Bruce Talks of Crisis "Grave Political Situation" Early Election?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday. -- At a private meeting of business men to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) is reported to have said…

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Rumor That Federal Government May Face Early Election Abbott's Plea United Control Favored "Must Face Problem"

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1929 · page 5

While political students are discussing the question of an early Federal election to test the feeling of the people in regard to unified control of all national matters, the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Abbott) at the…

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White Leads Balaclava By-election

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1929 · page 5

The Balaclaya by-election, to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives caused by the resignation of Mr. W. A. Watt, was held to-day…

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Balaclava By-election

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 August 1929 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The by-election for the Balaclava seat was held to-day, and on the latest progress figures Mr. T. W. White, the…

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